USL Dunkerque
French football club
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2025 | USL Dunkerque finished fourth in the 2024–25 season, narrowly losing the play-off semifinal to Metz after a 93rd-minute own goal. |
2025 | Reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de France for the second time in the club's history. |
February 26 2025 | Reached the semi-finals of the Coupe de France by defeating Ligue 1 club Stade Brestois 29 with a 3-2 score. |
2024 | Luis Castro and centre-forward Gaëtan Courtet extended their contracts, with Castro's contract running until 2026 and Courtet's until 2025. |
2023 | The club began competing in Ligue 2 for the 2023-24 season following their promotion from the Championnat National. |
September 2023 | After a difficult start to the 2023–24 Ligue 2 season with only one win in seven matches, manager Mathieu Chabert was sacked and replaced by Luis Castro on Demba Ba's recommendation. |
July 4 2023 | The Amissos group, led by Turkish businessman Yüksel Yıldırım, acquired 85 percent ownership of USL Dunkerque. Demba Ba was brought in as sporting advisor and later promoted to sporting director. |
May 26 2023 | Defeated Le Mans FC 2-3 at the MM Arena, securing second place and promotion back to Ligue 2 for the 2023-24 season. |
2022 | Achieves promotion from the Championnat National to Ligue 2 for the 2022–23 season. |
2022 | USL Dunkerque achieved their second consecutive runners-up position in the Championnat National. |
2022 | Relegated from Ligue 2 back to the Championnat National at the conclusion of the 2021-22 season. |
2022 | USL Dunkerque achieved promotion from the Championnat National to Ligue 2 for the 2023-24 season, marking a significant advancement in the club's competitive status. |
2021 | Briefly returns to the National league. |
2020 | Promoted to Ligue 2 after being second in the Championnat National when the 2019-20 season was prematurely ended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. |
2019 | USL Dunkerque finished as runners-up in the Championnat National for the first time. |
2013 | Returns to the Championnat National. |
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